rain is not far

It was almost eleven o'clock when the last table of guests left. He Dong just entered the door, and he didn't even bother to put his coat on. He helped the aunt who was doing sundries to clean up the pots and pans on the table.

Zhong Yuan wiped the table with a rag, while Boss Qi asked He Dong while holding a broom: "What's the matter with that child? Is there any difficulty?"

"I didn't tell you before, the child's parents are gone, he and a grandfather are left at home." After putting away the table, He Dong took the mop from the side, and mopped the ground he swept behind Qi Shiyu, "He Grandpa had a stroke two days ago and is still in the hospital."

Qi Shiyu sighed.

"I just sent him home first, and packed some daily necessities for his grandfather." He Dong frowned, "I've seen what it means to be homeless."

"How is grandpa doing?"

"I asked the doctor when I sent him to the hospital." He Dong said, "The operation has been done, but the prognosis is not optimistic. Most of them will have to use a wheelchair, and they have to be taken care of in daily life."

"The college entrance examination is half a year away... Fuck." Qi Shiyu threw the broom aside and couldn't help cursing, "The hemp rope is only broken at the fine points."

"The child hasn't gone to school for three days, and he is taking care of his grandfather in the hospital." He Dong said, "I just found a nurse for his grandfather in the hospital and sent him home."

"What about the medical expenses?"

After mopping the floor, He Dong put his things in order: "His grandfather is a retired old worker in a steel factory. He has medical insurance and can claim part of it. But for this kind of disease, many medicines are at his own expense. Lin Nian said that he and a few relatives He borrowed part of it, and if it wasn’t enough later, he sold his old house. He also asked me if I knew anyone who could help him sell the house.”

"No way, after selling the house, do you two sleep on the street?" Qi Shiyu said, "Let's make some, whatever is enough."

Zhong Yuan finished washing the rags in the counter, spread them out to dry, and said, "I have plenty of money, so you can tell me anytime if you have any difficulties."

He Dong smiled and said: "Mr. Zhong is a good person, but you and Ah Shi are not needed, let me help first. The key is not to let the child drop out of school at this time. Today he told me that if it is impossible, he will not go to school. When he goes to work, he also needs to treat his grandfather."

"Put it down, tell him that we don't want high school dropouts here." Qi Shiyu said, "I'll see where he can find a job with a higher salary than ours."

"Okay, don't worry about it." He Dong patted him on the shoulder, "Hurry up and go out for a drink with your Teacher Zhong, otherwise, is Teacher Zhong here to ask you for a date or to do free work for you?"

"It's nothing." Zhong Yuan put on his coat, "If you can see Boss Qi with your own eyes, it's considered a date."

After hearing this, He Dong smiled and said, "Okay, okay, the mushrooms aren't here, so there's no need for so much dog food. You two hurry up."

Qi Shiyu put on his coat and went out with Zhong Yuan.They took He Dong's suggestion and decided to have a drink, so instead of driving, the two took a taxi to Luoba.

Pushing open the door of the drop bar, the dim light envelops ambiguity.They found a corner booth, and the waiter served them wine and a meat platter.For dinner, Aunt Li made preserved egg and lean meat porridge and shrimp dumplings. The two of them didn't eat much, so it's just right to have some snacks now.

Spirits always make people feel warm, not to mention that there is a lover who is both talented and beautiful sitting in front of him.Qi Shiyu felt that the scene in front of him had become blurred, and couldn't help reaching out to touch Zhong Yuan's face.

"Meeting you here that day was the luckiest thing I've done in so many years." Qi Shiyu raised a glass of wine, "Have a drink, Mr. Zhong."

Zhong Yuan raised his glass, drank it all in one gulp, and said: "Think about it day and night, the future will last forever."

It was the lyrics of the song that Qi Shiyu sang that day.It is impossible not to be distracted by such carefulness, Qi Shiyu felt that the person in front of him was too nice, even too good to be real.

It seems that from a certain day—to be precise, the day he came out with his parents—Qi Shiyu felt that he had been living with a lot of chicken feathers.Before this, he had never had any setbacks in his life; after this, he seemed to be bound by some vines and could no longer find a way out.

It sounds a little hypocritical, but compared with Lin Nian, his life is still smooth sailing: a good family background allows him to run his own small shop as he pleases, and he doesn't have to worry about the rent or the flow of customers. In the last days, he also received the best treatment and care; even if he lives alone with his brother's posthumous child, he doesn't have to worry about the child's studies and future, the family property should be enough for Qi Lang to live steadily for the rest of his life, not to mention this The kids themselves are so good.

Everything is fine, so except for a very few close friends, no one understands his unhappiness.

They all felt that he was living a good and comfortable life.This them, even his parents.

So they don't understand a lot of what he does.

He will always remember one day when he was 19 years old, his mother stood in front of the hospital bed and looked at him with puzzled eyes: "What did I do wrong, you want to punish me like this?"

At that time, he felt that none of them was wrong, only himself was wrong.

Just like the day when he met Zhong Yuan, he drank a glass of wine at the bar, surrounded by friends who said he was familiar but not too familiar.I wanted to be sad for my boyfriend who just broke up, but I couldn't feel sad no matter what, my heart was like a pool of stagnant water.

A handsome man walked up to him, he just wanted to fall completely, just like the name of this bar: drop.Fall, fall, until you fall into the abyss.

But this man was like a tough plant, catching him firmly, stretching out his branches, and hugging him tenderly.

Thinking of this, Qi Shiyu suddenly felt his eyes a little astringent, and the tattoo on his left wrist was also a little itchy, as if something was about to jump out of his pulse.

Zhong Yuan looked into his eyes, as if he understood something, reached out and rubbed the corners of his eyes, and said, "You sang me a song that day, can I sing a song for you today?"

After that, he walked up and down the small stage, picked up the acoustic guitar beside the stage, sat on the high stool and tuned it.The waiter next to him helped him adjust the microphone, and the guests in the audience applauded spontaneously, and some whistled twice.

Zhong Yuan didn't have any extra words, he plucked the strings, the melody of the acoustic guitar gushed out like water, and his deep voice sounded:

"It's that easy because of you and I can try to write a song for you

it's about you

Nothing to prepare very lightly with this voice I just want to tell you

i love you

Maybe one day we'll finally face separation

Maybe one day we'll meet in the old place

... "

The lyrics are so simple, yet so warm.Qi Shiyu buried his head and pillowed it in his arms, but his nose was still sore.The darkness in front of him could not block Zhong Yuan's gentle singing, as if whispering in his ear:

"This is not a love letter, I've never been so worried, but I'm willing to go on like this"

"I don't want to turn myself into a hypocritical fool but ah, I already am"

The surrounding area is obviously so noisy.

But the plant built a gentle barrier for him with its singing.